He was especially entertained by Michaels's recounting of on-air give-and-take between Howard Cosell and Bob Ueker, two other contemporary sportscasters. Cosell was not a sportscaster per se. He was a personality. I think he made his mark announcing boxing or football, or following larger-than-life stars like Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath. He created/made popular the non-word "irregardless." I recall he became so larger-than-life himself that he had his own summer television variety show at a time when variety shows were big (think Carol Burnett and Sonny & Cher). Gee, I didn't mean to take away from Al Michaels's story, but I am sure Mr Michaels as well as any good storyteller realizes that the people and events surrounding him are what makes the telling interesting.
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He was especially entertained by Michaels's recounting of on-air give-and-take between Howard Cosell and Bob Ueker, two other contemporary sportscasters. Cosell was not a sportscaster per se. He was a personality. I think he made his mark announcing boxing or football, or following larger-than-life stars like Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath. He created/made popular the non-word "irregardless." I recall he became so larger-than-life himself that he had his own summer television variety show at a time when variety shows were big (think Carol Burnett and Sonny & Cher). Gee, I didn't mean to take away from Al Michaels's story, but I am sure Mr Michaels as well as any good storyteller realizes that the people and events surrounding him are what makes the telling interesting.
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