Ethel Merman Berman

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Originally Posted by Paintrain

Berman hasn't had an original highlight call since '91. Not being a jerk, but you must be younger than most of us.. I have been listening to him since the early 80's so his act is worn for me, it was original and entertaining then, but now it's just tired.. I don't know how you can listen to the ejaculation fest that is Sunday Night Football.. They go crazy for every single play and Maguire is so over the top for every player that touches the ball it's ridiculous..

My age is posted for all to see -- 31. I've been watching football regularly since 1990. When I say regularly, I mean I've made it a point to be within distance of a television set for every single Redskins game for the last 15 years -- studying and analyzing every play -- almost to the point of absurdity (the wife is starting to get on me about that, btw.) Before that, I was a casual observer. The earliest Redskin game I remember is the Super Bowl win over the Dolphins.

That said, I can't really remember when I started watching Chris Berman, but somebody else hit the nail on the head about him: Berman is who he is. I don't look for him to reinvent himself in an effort to 'be more original'. I always thought that if an act was original when someone created it, that fit the definition of "original". It's only non-original if someone copys it.

But hey, if you don't like him, that's cool. Apparently, there will be a whole lot less of him you'll have to put up with.

I'll never understand why ESPN (Disney, in reality) would let all of that get away.