Comments on: Kalas & The Bird http://waswatching.com/2009/04/13/kalas-the-bird/ Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: butchie22 http://waswatching.com/2009/04/13/kalas-the-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-168373 butchie22 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:13:48 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=12584#comment-168373 The Bird was a nut! IT was so funny that back in the day what we had for hype was SI, Sporting News,newspapers and the local newscasts. This guy really was a character, I wonder what the 24/7 sports radio/Espn Sportscenter world would make of him now. I've seen that classic game and it was from another world. Watching that game again brought me back to 76 and so many memories came flooding back. With Bird, it wasn't an act ,but rather that was the nutball that he was. Kalas was also something else. What was fun about the Phillies broadcasts is that he didn't sugarcoat when the team was absymal. I loved that about him, he didn't BS the audience then again the Philly audience wouldn't hear of that crap. His voiceover work for NFL films has become iconic. That confluence of action, his great baritone voice and the music is/was unforgettable.

The Bird was a nut! IT was so funny that back in the day what we had for hype was SI, Sporting News,newspapers and the local newscasts. This guy really was a character, I wonder what the 24/7 sports radio/Espn Sportscenter world would make of him now. I’ve seen that classic game and it was from another world. Watching that game again brought me back to 76 and so many memories came flooding back. With Bird, it wasn’t an act ,but rather that was the nutball that he was.

Kalas was also something else. What was fun about the Phillies broadcasts is that he didn’t sugarcoat when the team was absymal. I loved that about him, he didn’t BS the audience then again the Philly audience wouldn’t hear of that crap. His voiceover work for NFL films has become iconic. That confluence of action, his great baritone voice and the music is/was unforgettable.

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