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Where is Carl Spackler when you need him most?
(Vanity) | 05/31/2009 | Dawebman

Posted on 05/31/2009 8:38:34 AM PDT by Dawebman

As we NASCAR fans settle in for another great Sprint Cup race with Miles the Monster at Dover today, we bid a fond adieu to D.W. and his famous "BOOGITY, BOOGITY, BOOGITY ... LET'S GO RASING BOYS!" But we shed no tears over the year-long hibernation of Fox Sports' animated irritant called "Digger."


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Humor; Sports
KEYWORDS: digger; dw; fox; nascar
As we NASCAR fans settle in for another great Sprint Cup race with Miles the Monster at Dover today, we bid a fond adieu to D.W. and his famous "BOOGITY, BOOGITY, BOOGITY ... LET'S GO RASING BOYS!" But we shed no tears over the year-long hibernation of Fox Sports' animated irritant called "Digger." At least Fox toned back its use of that annoying animation during it's track-level camera views of the race, and went to a fixed logo instead. Now if they would only maike it smaller. Too bad they continue to degrade their pre-race show with an extended animation of that annoyance, just so D.W. can sell more merchandise. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on you D.W. WHERE IS CARL SPACKLER WHEN YOU NEED HIM? Next week the NASCAR action moves to TNT Network and we will once again wonder why THAT NETWORK, would spoil great live High Def pictures with monstrous on-screen graphic creations to show the all-too-obvious elements of a typical NASCAR race. Oh, well, we always have ESPN's professional coverage to rescue us from the TV Network Meatheads once the Chase begins later this year. FAREWELL DIGGER, AND GOOD RIDDANCE YOU IRRITATING RODENT!
1 posted on 05/31/2009 8:38:34 AM PDT by Dawebman
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To: Dawebman

Gunga, gunga la gunga.


2 posted on 05/31/2009 8:52:01 AM PDT by newheart (Obama. We kind of underestimated the creepiness.)
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To: Dawebman
LET'S GO RASING BOYS!"

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3 posted on 05/31/2009 8:52:08 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (o)...Ayatollah of GlennBeckistan... keep it goin' brother...(o)
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To: Dawebman

Whether or not you are a NASCAR fan this should serve as a lesson in how Broadcast Row views you as an audience member. In a word, childish.

It’s why the greatest communications medium in the history of man (prior to the Internet anyway) was almost immediately reduced to airing sitcoms, game shows, variety shows and the like. Those in charge of it have abused its power and reach for decades and in more sinister cases have abused its lack of competition which is why we now are faced with multiple generations who are saddled with knowledge a mile wide and an inch deep.

David Hill comes across as a blokey Aussie but his tenure at Fox Sports has been marked by the proliferation of the most maddening and juvenile rubbish dancing across your screen complete with Warner Bros. sound effects, happy music played to excess etc. They have turned a 2.5-hour football game into a 3.5-hour marathon of ADD-addled nonsense wherein the trivial and sensational are celebrated which is why certain underachieving ‘star’ receivers get loads of airtime for running their mouths rather than pass patterns.

In interviews Hill is very quick to pat himself on the back for these ‘innovations’ but he seems to have forgotten than somewhere behind his on-screen ads, promos and animations that there is a live sporting event to broadcast.


4 posted on 05/31/2009 8:54:40 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Dawebman

Good riddance to both Digger and DW. I liked DW as a racer, but he is downright annoying as an announcer with his tired, old “boogity, etc.” and his KyBu worshiping.

Fox used to be the better NASCAR network, but not anymore.


5 posted on 05/31/2009 1:52:22 PM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: newheart
...so, I got that going for me.
6 posted on 05/31/2009 5:23:15 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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